Caelĭus (Coel-), i, m.
I A Roman gentile name.
A The orator M. Caelius Rufus, for whom Cicero made an oration , and whose letters to Cicero are contained in the 8th book of the Epp. ad Famil.; Cic. Brut. 79, 273; Caes. B. C. 3, 20 sqq.; Vell. 2, 68, 1; Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 115; v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 206, 5 sqq.
III —Hence, Caelĭānus , a, um, adj., Caelian : orationes, Tac. Or. 21.—
B L. Caelius Antipater, a distinguished historian and jurist in the time of the Gracchi , and teacher of Crassus , Cic. Brut. 26, 102; id. de Or. 2, 12, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6.
V —Hence, Caelĭāna , ōrum, n., the writings of Caelius , Cic. Att. 13, 8; v. Teuffel. Röm. Litt. § 142.—
C C. Caelius Caldus, an orator , contemporary with Crassus , Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Planc. 21, 52; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—
D Caelius Aurelianus, a physician of the post - classic period , v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 456.—
II Caelius Mons, the Caelian Hill at Rome , south of Palatinus, and east of Aventinus, named after the Tuscan Caeles Vibenna (pure Etrusc. Kaile Fipne), now the Lateran Mount , Varr L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; id. Off. 3, 16, 66; Tac. A. 4, 65.—Called Caelius Major, Mart. 12, 18, 16; cf. Caeliolus.— The soldiers of this Caeles are called Caelĭāni , Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; cf.: CAELIANVS EXERCITVS, Inscr. Grut. 502, 1, 20.